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University of Montana Program Trains Montana Librarians to be Resources for Entrepreneurs

Economic development’ means something highly unique in Montana, due the strong influence of entrepreneurship and heritage of business experimentation. This rich history of entrepreneurial spirit has only continued to grow in recent years.

Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture

While many companies let employees work remotely during the height of COVID-19, conditions have since become more nuanced, according to research by Raffaella Sadun and colleagues. What do these shifts mean for talent managers?

Requiem for the Newsroom – By Maureen Dowd — City Club Missoula Presents The edge of the desert: Is Montana in danger of losing its local news? Monday, May 15, 2023 11:30AM – 1PM

I don’t want this to be one of those pieces that bang on about how things used to be better and they’ll never be as good again.

But when it comes to newsrooms, it happens to be true.

BioScience under the Big Sky Spring 2023 Newsletter

Gaize announces the launch of their real-time impairment screening device for cannabis and other drugs

As ‘Skills-Based Hiring’ Becomes All The Rage, These Education Leaders Want To Overturn A 117-Year-Old Way Of Measuring Students’ Experiences

“The school system, K-16 system, is letting a lot of people down. It’s preparing a lot of graduates, but those graduates increasingly don’t have the skills the workplace really needs.”

Living in a walkable neighborhood makes people healthier and happier.

Ecological models of human aging propose that the physical or built environment may influence the well-being of people as they develop.

MIT study finds young children who go to preschool are more likely to go to college

“ ‘It’s a pretty large effect,’ says Pathak. ‘It’s fairly rare to find school-based interventions that have effects of this magnitude.’ ”

Rural Main Street Program Says Revitalization Starts at Home

Main Street America is launching an initiative for small towns. One goal is to move from simply recruiting businesses to incubating the business ideas that arise locally.

Video – Why Finland has the Best Education

Finland is also the happiest country in the world. The US is definitely missing in a LOT of ways. Over testing, under funding of K-12 public schools continues and politicians continue to believe that teachers are the problem. Make the teacher work harder and then ALL children will do well on standardized tests that measure the income, economic level of their parents. Nothing improves in this country and politicians ‘who have all the answers’ are the problem.